to think thwt there are far too many Professionally Unoffended and...

[seeker]

....Do-Badders about?

well I think that's fair.

Some arse reported you then. That means they lost.

Oh now I'm confused.

You aren't talking about the opposite of 'Offended of Tunbridge' then?

I don't know what the hell you lot are all on about.

But I did laugh at BOF's White Van Man comment. Oh yes indeedy.

Why did I actully type Oh Yes Indeedy?

That aint normal.

opposite of froffers

flat
dont give a fook
cba to care
sitting on the fencers
ignorant
apathetic
dispassionate
boring
wet

iinterptet as folk who dont get fired up about nowt

that smugness/commonsensers/do gooders srlf ritnrss mofos are an entirely different breed and dont belong on this continuim ad they stoll have somthing to say

iff froffets are loud then unfroffers are quiet
mousu types who stick to black tea not froffy capucino sipping

I am so confused, I'm nearly back round to understanding.

BoF yours was the only comment I got and I agree. Oh yes indeedy @ Gerrof

who knows to what seeker was referring?

Hully I'm going to cling to you until the mists clear, mmm'k?

I imagine seeker may be referring to threads like the one where posters who thought a teacher ought to stop children doing slitty-eyed faces in class during a lesson on China were shouted down as Professionally Offended, either because they were not Chinese so shouldn't have an opinion or, if they were Chinese, because they were seen to be over-sensitive.

In the past we have had several threads where people are told they are PC or have no sense of humour because they don't like words like 'mong' and 'retard' used as derogatory terms. Very occasionally there has been one about black people.

Of course some people are over-sensitive. Of course some people froth. I'd go as far as saying that there are people who are down-right paranoid.

But there are also people who are happy to label others PC because it is an easier alternative to trying to develop some manners. Occasionally these people crop up on MN.

if you're offended by something you just are? i don't think there are such people as professionally offended

If I understood seeker right, the Professionally Unoffended would be a person who carries a banner for the lowest common denominator: noone should ever have to feel they have to think about whom they might offend, noone should ever have to refrain from using language that migth offend another group in society.

and who makes a kind of political stance out of that

ah.

Hmmm, Thickies, perhaps?

Here is an example of Professional Offended and Professionally Offended. Note: the OP does not condone the use of any words in the thread below which should be used for explanatory purposes only..

OP: Yesterday was a mental day and I need help. I was run over and may need major surgery, then I lost my job and am worried as a result I will lose my home. help'

PO: You do realize OP, how incredibly offensive the word mental is, and that many people with mental illness will be very offended by this.

PU: That's ridiculous, OP is just using a commonly used word to describe how crazy and upsetting her day was and meant no harm to anyone. Oh and by the way my DD has mental illness and isn't at all offended by this.

PO: 'Crazy?!' you do realize how incredibly offensive that word is, and.... Etc etc

OP: Hello? Anyone?

That should read Professionally Offended and Professionally Unoffended'

I would be shocked by the use of mong or retard (I don't even like typing them). But most of the examples I have seen are far less emotive than that and I don't think the majority of those referring to Professionally Offended are referring to those types of examples, and I think other posters know that...

Yeah, slightly slanted there CWAS.

It should be:

PU - Oh FFS, in my day I used to go and laugh at those mentallers in the insane asylum! God it's like PC GORN MAD.

But I often see this scenario

OP : someone just used mong at the school gate and I am furious

Twat : oh god, can't anyone use any terms anymore with the professionally offended rolling up

I have even on many a thread where that has happened. It is right up there with 'i am not racist but ....(followed by massive racist rant)'

I guess you see how often the 'oh blimey it's the pc brigade' when the language is close to home. It does happen all the time.

Gawd. That didn't make much sense.

Pag - I can't tell you how unbearably strong the urge to type

mong

to your last post is. It is a measure of my great love that I haven't.

Ohhh. I understand.

I think I find it difficult because 'offended' is an emotional reaction - such as to being called 'a stupid fucking bitch' for example, or to someone saying the 'N- word' in everyday speech, or calling a child with learning difficulties a 'retard'. A shocked reaction because what I am hearing is so unpleasant.

I have come across people who 'tut' over things such bad language in general, or children looking scruffy, or teenagers being a bit boisterous. They think they are offended. I think they are a bit oversensitive.

In which case I am not 'professionally unoffended' then. I am amateurishly relaxed.

Pag, I don't have any patience with people using words like that either. The types of examples I'm referring to are not these.

On a lighter note my iPad just autocorrected 'referring to' as 'erected to'. Thankfully I noticed it first :)

Shirley, not slanted, there are threads just like that and I made it clear I'm not referring to the ones like those you are referring to.

I imagine seeker may be referring to threads like the one where posters who thought a teacher ought to stop children doing slitty-eyed faces in class during a lesson on China were shouted down as Professionally Offended, either because they were not Chinese so shouldn't have an opinion or, if they were Chinese, because they were seen to be over-sensitive.

That thread was about whether the asking 9 yo kids to "dress up as a Chinese person" for Chinese NY was racist or not. The slitty eyed thing was what the OP's daughter said kids were doing in class.

I don't think anyone thought that kids making slitty eyed faces was OK, though some did wonder if the teacher had actually seen it.

Yes, Cervix, slanted.

If you're going to give an example of both ends of the spectrum and you're starting at the extremer end of the Professionally Offended, then you need to do the same with the Professionally Unoffended.

I am going to stop checking my posts Cervix.

I have a suggestion that my autocorrect makes them more interesting than they would otherwise be.

Hully, let not love inhibit your posting.